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Waiting for the fireworks...nothing special blog
Posted 07-04-2009 at 03:07 PM by swoltz
As much as I would love to be above it and urge others to do the same, seeing the dysfunction of others makes me feel just a wee better about my circumstances.
I have been seeing someone on and off for a while and it has just exploded. If you have been in a situation like this you understand.
I am spending the holiday with just my son and I. We've done a few things today, but as the sun creeps higher in Texas, we Virginians have to retreat or we crisp.
So at home, I peruse dating sites. I look at the women and men. Some are pretty good, some are pretty sad.
One thing that always makes me laugh is coming across dating profiles of people I know.
:laugh: It's funny because most of the time they are nothing like what they put in their profile. On top of that, they use the same lines.
Isn't a dating profile like a resume? You shouldn't peddle the same dating profile to different sites and once you have met someone and it did not work out, change the profile a little. Doesn't even have to be a complete re write, just a few words updating what is going on.
Like if you say in your profile you just got back from Costa Rica, and someone asks if you are jet lag......what do you say if you wrote the profile 3 years ago?
I am tempted to send people messages telling them how to improve their profiles but they may get offended or mistake my criticism as interest.
Here's some advice:
-Update your pictures
-Don't mix pictures of when you were 25 and pictures of you at 32
- get rid of the rapist glasses
- take pictures alone for once
- stop doing kissy face
- Is that your parent, sibling or lover in the pic with you?
- Do you own any shirts with sleeves?
- Do you have any shirts that don't show cleavage?
- do you have any pictures less than ten feet away from the camera?
- upgrade your camera to a higher resolution
- smile
-stop smiling
- close your legs when taking a picture
- you can't be single and married at the same time
- don't put that you live at your parents' house, save that for later
- don't call the parents 'The 'Rents'
- wax your lip
- ease up on the make up
-don't take all artsy pictures at odd angles
- do put your weird fetishes in your profile... to serve as a warning if anything
- don't talk more about your pets than yourself
- don't list 'farting and smelling it' as a hobby
- don't photo shop your pictures
- we all have flaws, you don't have to alphabetically list yours then sort them by what type of disorder or life event may have caused it
- do not use 'soul mate'
- do not list 'doing math' as a hobby
- do not list 'learning about shapes and colors' as an interest
- don't mention any stereotypes about your ethnicity/race or say you 'don't fit the stereotype'
-stop saying you like all music except country, you do like country you just don't realize it
- do list medical conditions or obvious malformations
- don't brag about looking really good or material things..... let your superficiality blossom
- working out shouldn't be a hobby, it's a daily recommendation like eating veggies and drinking water....if it is a hobby and you are not training, you need more hobbies
- make sure you don't have pit stains in your pictures
- be yourself, that's the most important..... but not too much if you kind of suck
-In the real world, we all are not going to be nuclear physicists, actors or doctors....some will be managers at Chilis or housekeeping at the Motel 6..
doesn't make them any less deserving of love-- just be honest about it
- don't back pedal....I hate when someone (happens on this site) says something, then doesn't own it. Like, "I like thin women, don't hate me, no offense LOL" or "I only date rich guys, sorry but that's just what I like"
STFU! You like what you like.
- Don't use 'LOL' :banghead:
+++++++I'm just saying. And no, I don't have anything better to do right now. Guilty pleasure time.
I need to be seated for fireworks by 9pm. It's going to be nice. My first time seeing fireworks in Texas. ++++++++++++++++
I have been seeing someone on and off for a while and it has just exploded. If you have been in a situation like this you understand.
I am spending the holiday with just my son and I. We've done a few things today, but as the sun creeps higher in Texas, we Virginians have to retreat or we crisp.
So at home, I peruse dating sites. I look at the women and men. Some are pretty good, some are pretty sad.
One thing that always makes me laugh is coming across dating profiles of people I know.
:laugh: It's funny because most of the time they are nothing like what they put in their profile. On top of that, they use the same lines.
Isn't a dating profile like a resume? You shouldn't peddle the same dating profile to different sites and once you have met someone and it did not work out, change the profile a little. Doesn't even have to be a complete re write, just a few words updating what is going on.
Like if you say in your profile you just got back from Costa Rica, and someone asks if you are jet lag......what do you say if you wrote the profile 3 years ago?
I am tempted to send people messages telling them how to improve their profiles but they may get offended or mistake my criticism as interest.
Here's some advice:
-Update your pictures
-Don't mix pictures of when you were 25 and pictures of you at 32
- get rid of the rapist glasses
- take pictures alone for once
- stop doing kissy face
- Is that your parent, sibling or lover in the pic with you?
- Do you own any shirts with sleeves?
- Do you have any shirts that don't show cleavage?
- do you have any pictures less than ten feet away from the camera?
- upgrade your camera to a higher resolution
- smile
-stop smiling
- close your legs when taking a picture
- you can't be single and married at the same time
- don't put that you live at your parents' house, save that for later
- don't call the parents 'The 'Rents'
- wax your lip
- ease up on the make up
-don't take all artsy pictures at odd angles
- do put your weird fetishes in your profile... to serve as a warning if anything
- don't talk more about your pets than yourself
- don't list 'farting and smelling it' as a hobby
- don't photo shop your pictures
- we all have flaws, you don't have to alphabetically list yours then sort them by what type of disorder or life event may have caused it
- do not use 'soul mate'
- do not list 'doing math' as a hobby
- do not list 'learning about shapes and colors' as an interest
- don't mention any stereotypes about your ethnicity/race or say you 'don't fit the stereotype'
-stop saying you like all music except country, you do like country you just don't realize it
- do list medical conditions or obvious malformations
- don't brag about looking really good or material things..... let your superficiality blossom
- working out shouldn't be a hobby, it's a daily recommendation like eating veggies and drinking water....if it is a hobby and you are not training, you need more hobbies
- make sure you don't have pit stains in your pictures
- be yourself, that's the most important..... but not too much if you kind of suck
-In the real world, we all are not going to be nuclear physicists, actors or doctors....some will be managers at Chilis or housekeeping at the Motel 6..
doesn't make them any less deserving of love-- just be honest about it
- don't back pedal....I hate when someone (happens on this site) says something, then doesn't own it. Like, "I like thin women, don't hate me, no offense LOL" or "I only date rich guys, sorry but that's just what I like"
STFU! You like what you like.
- Don't use 'LOL' :banghead:
+++++++I'm just saying. And no, I don't have anything better to do right now. Guilty pleasure time.
I need to be seated for fireworks by 9pm. It's going to be nice. My first time seeing fireworks in Texas. ++++++++++++++++
Total Comments 6
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lol! ha ha that was funny. Just my son and me today too! Going to see the fireworks in an hour!Posted 07-04-2009 at 04:24 PM by loraleena
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We have a couple of hours until we leave. It get sdark around 9 here. I can't wait. I love fireworks. I literally 'Oooo ahhhh ohhhhh!!!'Posted 07-04-2009 at 04:35 PM by swoltz
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just remember that sometimes dating sites can be like a dog or cat show.Posted 07-04-2009 at 04:56 PM by xqzmi
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LOL This is awesome! I've never actually looked at dating profiles, but I'm sure they're kind of like myspace profiles, because I could say these same things about a lot of the myspace profiles I see!!
This is a big one:
"-In the real world, we all are not going to be nuclear physicists, actors or doctors....some will be managers at Chilis or housekeeping at the Motel 6..
doesn't make them any less deserving of love-- just be honest about it"
There's something that just really irks me about people who act like something they're not. Sure, sometimes it takes a little while to realize that no, you're not going to rule the world like you grew up thinking you would someday, but by the age of 30, you should have a pretty good handle on where you are in life, and be capable of just being you, and owning that, whatever it is. It does annoy me when people don't...
And enjoy the fireworks! We're off to the desert to do our own little fireworks thing as soon as Thak finishes feeding Orren.
Posted 07-04-2009 at 06:44 PM by Nomad 
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Haha, I use "lol" all the time. And tons of other internet lingo. I try to lessen it when speaking to someone much older than myself but it slips up. And I use 'XD' as a smiley.
My avatar is artsy, HAHA. Oops. I don't like taking pictures unless I'm doing something creative, haha.
That was hilarious, by the way. I've definitely met people who do most of those things. The thing that gets me the most is the kissy lips pictures. A lot of my girl friends do it and it's ridiculous! I want to tell them they look pathetic!
The only thing I would disagree with would be medical conditions. I have a few of them...and I know once I tell someone about them, they definitely change their whole opinion of me. Even though I'm okay now, people are still skeptical and look at me like I'm a crazy person. So I don't really like to go into detail about that.Posted 07-04-2009 at 07:15 PM by NordicQueen
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As for nuclear physicists, doctors, and all that...well, I'm only 20 and plan on getting a PhD in political science and linguistics! Nothing is stopping me from that!Posted 07-04-2009 at 07:16 PM by NordicQueen
